Debt relief and institutional reform: A focus on Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 614-626

  Asiedu, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt relief; Governance; Heavily Indebted Poor Countries; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141800059     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(03)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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